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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






2. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






3. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






4. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






5. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






6. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






7. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






8. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






9. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






10. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






11. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






12. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






13. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac






14. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






15. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






16. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






17. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






18. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






19. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






20. Reserve






21. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






22. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






23. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






24. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






25. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






26. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






27. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






28. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






29. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






30. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






31. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






32. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






33. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






34. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






35. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






36. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






37. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






38. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






39. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






40. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






41. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






42. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






43. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






44. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






45. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






46. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






47. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






48. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






49. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






50. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits